Navy Awards $22M Contract to Belgian Company for Weapon Systems

FN Herstal, S.A., Herstal, Belgium, is being awarded a $22,000,000 firm-fixed-priced contract for the procurement of 519 GAU-21 weapons systems, to include related supplies and services, operator and armorer tool kits, replacement part kits, technical manuals for the operation, maintenance and repair of the weapon systems, and training. Work will be performed in Herstal, Belgium (90 percent); Johnston, Pa. (4 percent); Somerset, Pa. (3 percent); and Blairsville, Pa. (3 percent) and is expected to be completed in October 2007. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md. is the contracting activity (N00019-06-C-0092).